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Published: July 10, 2011

Dance

Jack Anderson

Evolutions and metamorphoses, dreams and imaginations, constant transformations: these have long been part of the collaboratively devised creations of PILOBOLUS. This acrobatically freewheeling dance troupe is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a four-week season offering three premieres, two to be shown on Monday.

In ''Korokoru'' Pilobolus joins forces with TAKUYA MURAMATSU, a dancer and choreographer from Dairakudakan, a Japanese company that represents the grotesquely expressive dance form known as Butoh. They've conjured a surreal piece that shows how heroes can be made and unmade. The evening also features the new ''All Is Not Lost,'' a collaboration with the indie-rock group OK GO. The musicians will be onstage with the dancers, not as a band, but as part of the movement, on Monday and again July 25 and 27.

As for ''Seraph,'' the third premiere, audiences must wait until July 18. But it's said to involve a dancer, two flying robots and a Schubert trio. Something to look forward to. Through Aug. 6. 7:30 p.m. Monday to Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, and Saturday at 2 p.m., Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, at 19th Street, Chelsea; (212) 242-0800, joyce.org; $10 to $59.